maja Zii

 

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Place and date of birth: Belgrade, Serbia, 1978.

Lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

 

Relevant education:

Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Serbia; Sculpture section, professor Mrdjan Bajić.

International Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria:

- class "Public Interventions", professor Alfredo Jaar

- class "Video art", professor Ellen Cantor

- class "Performance and sculpture, Acts with objects in urban space", professor Christian Philipp Müller

High school for Graphical Design in Belgrade;

 

Group exhibitions:

2012. "Fashion Fetish", Dressing Room Project, FAT (Fashion Art Toronto), Toronto, Canada

2012. "Living Myths", as part of "We Hold These Truths", Studio 561, Toronto, Canada

2011. "Open Season Invitational", Standard Art Supply, Ithaca, NY

2011. “She-wolves”, Courvoisier Collective, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2010. "The Great Walk and More", site-specific public art interventions, Cape Town, South Africa
2010. Exhibition of Finalists for the best young artist reward "Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos", Belgrade, Serbia
2010. "Views", video installation, Gallery 73, Belgrade
2009. "Belgrade Experience: The October Salon", BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2009. "Remont in Pula", Stara tiskara, Pula, Croatia
2009. "Belgrade: Non places. Art in public space", Salon of Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
2008. Sistem Binario, public art interventions on Railway Station Belgrade, Belef, Belgrade
2008. "Dez org ++", exhibitio of members of „Dez org” and artists picked by the members of „Dez org”, Smederevo, Serbia

2008. "JLK 08", Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia

2007. Exhibition of the 30th. Jalovik Art Residency; Galley of National Museum, Šabac, Serbia

2007. "Dez Org Yu Today"; Koreja Theatre, Lecce, Italy

2007. "Building Body/Building Identity", Institut Culturel Roumain, Paris, France

2007. "40th Winter Salon", exhibition of awarded artists, Gallery Josip-Bepo Benković, Herceg Novi

2006. "Dez.Org ++", exhibition of young artists, City Gallery, Smederevo, Serbia

2006. "The Art of The Young", Nish Art Foundation; Niš, Serbia

2006. "Zoom to fit",art group "Dez.org", Gallery Ozone; Belgrade, Serbia

2005. "Border Disorder", internat. exhibition, Cultural Center; Belgrade, Serbia

2005."Beograd-Belgrade, just visiting" exhibition of the selected Belgrade artists, Kunstraum; Walcheturm; Zürich, Switzerland

2005. Exhibition of the finalists for the best young artist reward "Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos";Prague; Check Republic

2005. 10th Biennial "The Light of Milena Barili"; Požarevac, Serbia

2005. Biennial of young artists, Herceg Novi, Serbia

2004. Retrospective exhibition –40 Years of "Gallery of Youth House", Belagrade, Serbia

2004. "Border Disorder", Aarhus, Denmark

2004. "20+Timisoara=Art", Festival Of Young Creation, Timisoara, Romania

2004. "Continental Breakfast", October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia

2004. International biennial of young artists, Vršac, Serbia

2004. "Strange Point of Tension", Biennial of young artists, Cetinje, Serbia

2003. "My world", Video Exhibition, Salzburg, Austria

2003. Biennale of young artists, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

2002. "Räder im Fluss; 10 projects for Salzburg", Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg, Austria

 

Solo exhibitions:

2011. “Follow Your Dream”, performance and video installation, Salzburg, Austria

2010. "Bermudas“, serial of painting "Introduction", Art Center UBSM, Belgrade;

2009. "Fear of the white cube", installation of sculptures, Gallery Remont, Beograd;

2006. "BRE!ND", interactive installation; Gallery of Youth House , Belgrade

2004. "Bića/Creatures", installation of sculptures and prints; Gallery of Youth House , Belgrade

 

Other activities/rewards:

2011. Public Choice Award, Courvoisier Collective, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada

2010. Finalist for the best young artist reward "Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos", Belgrade, Serbia;
2010. Thupelo workshop for Cape Town site-specific, public/social art, South Africa;
2008. Member/founder of the interactive art space "MUZEJ", Belgrade, Serbia;

2007. Art Residency "Jalovik 08", Jalovik, Serbia

2007. Member of the group of artist and architects "Poligon";

2006. Coordinator of project “Body Act” music festival “EXIT, Serbia, Novi Sad, Serbia

2006. Art director of Festival of Free Culture

2005. Member of the young group of artists "Dez.org"

2005. "Real Presence-Floating sites", Collateral event of the "51.Esposizione Internationale d’Arte", Venice, Italy                            

2005. Reward for the best work; Biennale of young artists, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

2004. Workshop "How to send a message", with students from the Nordic countries, Helsinki

2004. Workshop "Speak Up!"; organized by Branislav Dimitrijević and Mika Hanula, Belgrade

2004. Workshop "Open competition" with artists Jelica Radivojević and Dejan Andjelković, Belgrade

2003. Workshop "Massage" with artist Milica Tomić, Belgrade, Serbia

2003. Free scholarship reward for best last year work; International Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria

2002. International Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, class "Public Interventions", professor Alfredo Jaar; Salzburg, Austria